Vehicle-wheel



(No Model.)

.s. A. MOTHERAL.

VEHIGLE WHEEL.

Patented Oct. 6, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL A. MOTHERAL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VEH lCLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,118, dated October 6, 1896.

- Application filed August 26,1895. Serial No. 560,561. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. MOTHERAL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-W'heels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved vehicle-wheel. Its object is to provide the wheel itself with a wrench attachment by which the wheel may be removed and replaced, the attachment also serving to prevent sand, dirt, or other extraneous matter from getting into the hub and injuring the bearings.

The invention consists, essentially, in the wrench-head applied to or formed integral with the hub point-band of the wheel, the jaws of the wrench being readily thrown in to grasp the axle-nut, so that by turning the wheel the nut may be unscrewed 0r tightened up to place, and when screwed in position, the wrench-head being thrown back, closes the front opening in the point-band.

The invention will be first fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then particularly referred to and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similar reference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure 1 is a front or end elevation of a hub point-band with my improvement attached. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the front portion of the band. Fig. Bis a transverse section through the band, showing the attachment in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a diametrical section taken through the point-band upon the line w w of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, showing the axle-nut and a portion of the hub and axle in dotted line. Fig. 5 is a similar view taken at a right angle to the View shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but with the wrench-head swung upon its pivot to grasp the axle-nut. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 with the wrench-head thrown in position to operate the nut. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but with the wren ch-jaw omitted to expose the spring which retains the wrench member in the closed position,as seen in Figs. 1, 3, 4:, and 5. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the point-band, illustrating a modification of my invention. Fig. 10 is a diametrical section of the same through line y y of Fig. 9, with the wrench-head shown closing the opening to the point-band. Fig. 11 is a similar View with the wrench-head thrown to its operative position. Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11 are drawn on a diminishedscale.

The simplest form of my, invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive.

A represents a point-band of ordinary construction, in the outer end of which is secured a disk B. This disk is perforated to receive the wrench-head C, which is fitted to swing within the disk upon a steel pin D, which passes through the point-band, the walls of the disk B, and the wrench-head C. The inner walls of the disk and the outer walls of the wrench-head are beveled counter to each other to permit the wrench-head to swing around and bring its jaws c to embrace the angular sides of the axle-nut E, as clearly seen in Figs. 6, 7, and 11, and to completely close the opening in the disk B when swung to the closed position, as seen in Figs. 1, 3, 5, 9, and 10.

For the purpose of retaining the wrenchhead with slight friction and without rattling a in either position I have provided coil-springs d, which coil around the pin D at each end in countersunk recesses in the disk B and wrench-head C. These springs are not, however, essential to the operation of the device and may be omitted.

To the inner face of the tongue I) and the disk 13, which tongue, when the wrench-head is in the closed position, passes between the jaws c, is secured the U-shaped spring F, the ends of which are bent in the form of a spring-latch to clasp over the inner wall of the jaws c and retain the wrench-head in place when closing the opening in the disk B, as clearly seen in Figs. 3, 4., and 10. I

The parts being fitted together, as shown in the drawings, and it being desired to remove the wheel, it is only necessary to turn the wrench-head to the position shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 11 to throw the jaws of the wrench upon opposite sides of the nut, and by taking hold of the spokes or rim of the wheel and turning it the nut will be unscrewed, and after the axle is oiled the nut is replaced in the same manner, the wrench will be swung upon its pivot to close the opening in the disk B, and thus prevent sand or other extraneous matter entering the pointband.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9 to 11, inclusive, the inner wall of the disk B is recessed, and the jaws c and part of the wrenchhead adjacent to them are rabbeted to fit snugly against the inner recessed portion of the rim when the jaws are closed, as seen in Fig. 10, so that no dust of any kind can pass between the joint formed by the wrench-head and disk when the wrench is thrown to its closed position.

It is obvious that the wrench-head holder or disk 13 and point-band may be formed integral, but the form shown is deemed the best, as in such form the improvement maybe readily applied to any of the vehicle-wheels now in common use. The form of the wrenchhead and opening in the disk to receive it may be also varied without departing from the principle or scope of my invention. In

fact, the wrench-head maybe pivoted directly to the point-band without the intervention of the disk B, which, in combination with said head, forms also a sand band or cap closing the front of the point-band.

It is also obvious that if the tension of the springs cl be made strong enough the springs F may be omitted.

"What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination of the hub point-band, and a wrench-head pivoted within said band, and adapted, when turned upon its pivot in one direction, to embrace the axle-nut, whereby when the wheel is turned, the nut is either unscrewed or screwed up, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a vehicle-wheel, of the point-band, a disk fitted in the outer end of said band, a wrench-head fitting the perforation in said disk, and a pivot for the wrench-head upon which it is swung in one direction to engage the axle-nut, and in the reverse direction to release the nut and close the point-band, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the hub, the pointband secured thereto, the perforated disk fitted within the outer end of said point-band, a wrench-head swiveled in said opening and adapted, when in the normal position, to close the same, and when turned upon its pivot to embrace the axle-nut, and the spring-catch to hold said head in its normal position, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, in a vehicle-wheel, of the point-band, the perforated disk fitted in the outer end of said band, a wrench-head fitted in said disk, the pivotpin passing through said band, disk and wrench-head, said head and disk having countersunk perforations around the pivot-pin, and a coiled spring around the pivot-pin seated in said countersunk perforations, substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL A. MOTIIERAL. lVitnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY, HOWARD 1-1. RALSTON. 

